<p class="jove_content">We demonstrate the use of a constant-force extensometer  to measure long-term extension (creep) of plant cell wall specimens induced by acidic buffers and expansin protein.</p>

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Measuring Plant Cell Wall Extension (Creep) Induced by Acidic pH and by Alpha-Expansin

Growing plant cell walls characteristically exhibit a property known as 'acid growth', by which we mean they are more extensible at low pH (&lt; 5) 1. The ...

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